The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1940
Waning Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.71° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.26° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.